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Today will be my first post in my series of posts called, "Masterpiece Mondays." I LOVE art and I always find time in my day to teach it to my students. Now let me preface this by saying I am not a professional artist and I don't claim to be. I've just always had a passion for art and we teach what we love. This week we were working on 2 and 3 dimensional solids in math. I saw this art on Pintrest and was inspired to try it in my class. To start the activity off I reviewed with the kids our…
3D Name Sculpture The first project I had my students do was a 3D name sculpture. This was the inspiration for the project (scroll down). I was very impressed with the outcome. My students' sculptures came out great - especially since it was the first project of the year. First I had my students type out their name using different fonts. I recommended they use thicker fonts that would make a better base. Next I had my students draw out the letters, sketching them lightly in case they needed…
I've been teaching perspective just about the same for the past ten years and sadly, I've been teaching it the way it was taught to me. Which isn't always a bad thing. Except for when it's boring and not relevant. This year, I'm trying a new perspective lesson with my 4th graders. They are going to draw a box from worm's eye view. So I had them start with some homework. They had to promise me that they would put a toy that is a rectangular prism or cube on the floor and lay on their belly…